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07/25/2003 Archived Entry: "Today, video?"
Today, video?
Now the government is releasing video of Saddam's dead sons, since the pictures released yesterday didn't sufficiently convince Iraqis. I am beyond belief here. Those 'grave reservations' that everyone had yesterday don't seem to exist today. That particular line has been breached once and for all, I guess.
What are they going to do tomorrow - Throw the bodies on a truck and drive them around Baghdad? This is beyond ghoulish, and it shows a certain level of desperation in the administration.
And it looks like one of the brothers was shaved of his beard - a big no-no in the Islamic world.
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not to mention the fact that embalming, and any other post mortem work is forbidden by the islamic religion. as far as i understand, muslims are required to be burried unaltered, within 24 hours of their death, much like orthodox jews. this is going to blow up in Caligula's face, and im going to love it. im sure the iraqis dont like these men, but im sure they will be outraged by this. just goes to show you, when life hands bush lemons, he turns them into a big steaming pile of festering dog shit, probobly the result of never working a day in his life for anything. god i hate him!
Posted by justin @ 07/25/2003 10:35 AM NY
Why don't they just nail their bodies to crucifixes in downtown Baghdad? Not only would this convince the Iraqis that the Brothers Hussein are dead, but it would lend a whimsical Hollywoodesque atmosphere that that city so desperately needs.
And please, no Spartacus jokes.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/25/2003 10:49 AM NY
Maybe they should hang them upside down in the town square with a mistress or two so the populace can throw stones at them?
Oh, wait, been done.
Well, maybe burial in a pigskin.
Bush isn't making lemonade out of lemons here. He's making lemonade out of a big juicy peach. He could have made a beau geste and handed the two of them over to the Hague, or at least promised to after we debriefed them, and at least thrown the people whose troops we need to do this job the bone of making it look as if we were part of the rest of the world.
But no, let's make us all look like we're drooling to kill Karla Faye Tucker instead.
That'll go over big in the middle east.
Bet Europe is dying to get into bed with us now.
Posted by julia @ 07/25/2003 11:22 AM NY
Actually, some Iraqis do want the bodies publicly desecrated:
"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi engineer demanded the bodies of Saddam Hussein's sons be dragged through the streets of Baghdad to prove their deaths, despite U.S. assurances they were killed this week in the northern city of Mosul." [link]
I haven't seen this video yet, but, truthfully, to say I was less than convinced by those pictures would be charitable. Ditto for everything else Bu$hCo has done in 2.5 years.
Posted by Spade Hammer @ 07/25/2003 01:38 PM NY
And please, no Spartacus jokes
I saw some "analyst" on CNN yesterday actually reference the movie Spartacus for historical context. And they actually ran footage of Kirk Douglas hanging on a cross while he made the reference.
I didn't know whether to laugh at him for being an idiot, or be pissed at him for thinking I'm such an idiot that he has to use a pop culture reference for something that's not really historically obscure.
Posted by Spade Hammer @ 07/25/2003 01:44 PM NY
Actually, I'm looking forward to the NEW films out SOON-- "Weekend At Uday's" and "Qusay Goes on Dead Tour".
You know, once they shaved the corpses' beards and eyebrows, and reworked the ears on both bodies, and gouged a big gap in the front teeth of "Uday", I'd have to say it looks JUST LIKE those wacky Hussein Boys... Too bad the Preznit didn't have the vision to capture them for their information, but I guess it HAS been a LOOOONG ol' time since he's had the chance to give an execution order. But, you know-- he's STILL got that magic touch.
Execution orders are JUST LIKE riding a bike, I guess...
Posted by Monkeyfister @ 07/25/2003 03:34 PM NY
